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  • Jun. 28th, 2009 at 2:06 AM
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Today was a pretty great day. Driving around with [info]marykaykare (including farmer's market), Locus awards (where Paolo righteously kicked my ass), Hall of fame inductions, and then Goffing with [info]cmpriest, [info]blackaire and others whose elljay handles I do not know. (Identify yourselves!) The music was kind of indistinguishable industrial until one of our number took over and demanded the :Wumpscut, which seemed to embolden the crowd, and after a certain amount of harrassment the deejay seemed to catch on that we were OLD FARTS and wanted STUFF WITH LYRICS, whereby dancing commenced. I am not yet old. I can still dance to Skinny Puppy. This pretty much means by default that I am not yet old.

Also, my little black cocktail dress = awesome for dancing in.

So then we went to IHOP and calories were obtained, after which some idiot (me) discovered that she had somehow lost her cellphone and two credit cards. However! The cute bartender at the club had found them and tucked them behind the bar for me, and so the ranch was saved (and the bartender retipped most heartily).

Moral? Be nice to the help. They may save your everloving ass.

And now I sleep, because lo, tomorrow we drive to Vancouver.

It's a damned good thing that I have more stamina than sense. Just saying.

Oh, also. Tomorrow, As You Know Bob, because I will be out of town, there will be Shadow Unit content. La.
  • Mood: exhausted
  • Music:the ringing in my ears

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[info]pulzella_gaia wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 09:37 am (UTC)
*waves* This is Elaine, your crazed dancing partner, who can't believe that she is still awake after operating on only four hours of sleep. (And, after singing at the top of her lungs on the drive home, it is unlikely that she will fall asleep anytime soon.)

It was absolutely lovely to meet you. ^_^
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[info]matociquala wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 03:12 pm (UTC)
Woot! You were totally awesome.

That was indeed a good night out all around.
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[info]jongibbs wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 09:51 am (UTC)
Sounds like you had a great day.

As for stuff with lyrics, just last week I was telling my teenage son that, in my day, songs had either music you could dance to or words worth hearing - sometimes both! Oddly enough, it brought back a similar conversation I once had with my dear old dad, though in that one, I was the teenager and he the lamenter of good music from yesteryear.

Curse you circle of life :(

Enjoy Vancouver :)
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[info]beyondfake_0 wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 10:08 am (UTC)
I can still dance to Skinny Puppy. This pretty much means by default that I am not yet old.


Damn straight! :D

All the young kids in their 20's and early 30's are too busy playing the posturing game to really have fun. I always had more fun hanging out with the older NCO's and Senior NCO's when I was active duty, than I did the airmen (when I was an airman) because of all the dating games.
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[info]matociquala wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 03:11 pm (UTC)
I suck at posturing. But random hot seminaked women come up to me and hug me on the dance floor, so I'm doing somethingright....

And stomping is more fun than nonstomping.

Also, if you can't Twist at a Goff Club, where can you Twist?
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[info]deakat wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 03:28 pm (UTC)
But random hot seminaked women come up to me and hug me on the dance floor, so I'm doing somethingright....

Where do I sign up for lessons?
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[info]matociquala wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 03:12 pm (UTC)
(Bonus points for cracking up the other dancers)
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[info]tammy212 wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 10:49 am (UTC)
Dearest, please do not hint that you might have thought you were getting old where I might be reading, okay? Just sayin. ;-)
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[info]matociquala wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 03:09 pm (UTC)
*g* Well, at almost-38, the body does not respond as well to certain forms of strenuous activity as it did at 25, how's that?

I'm actually in better shape now, but there's stuff I just can't do that would have been easy ten years ago.

I am aware that this trend will only continue. 0.0
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[info]joycemocha wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 03:24 pm (UTC)
Children, children.

That said, I learned to ski at age 48 and I like to think I am in better overall conditioning (we won't talk about the weight, 'kay?) and physical ability at age 51 than I was when I was young. Revenge of the old--the coordination finally comes in. Who knows, I might actually start trying rock climbing this summer...
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[info]krfsm wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 10:52 am (UTC)
There are occasions when stompy noisy instrumental industrial is what's called for. Winterkälte, or if you're after less noise and more rythms, This Morn' Omina, both come heavily recommended.
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[info]inaurolillium wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 11:27 am (UTC)
Random fact you may already know: Bob the Skull in the Dresden Files was named for As You Know Bob.
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[info]matociquala wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 03:07 pm (UTC)
I love you. The meta in your comment is THOROUGHLY APPROVED.

(She just As You Know Bobbed me about As You Know, Bob....)

<3
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[info]coffeeem wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 03:52 pm (UTC)
...you have a little black cocktail dress? Sheesh. I miss all the good parties. *g*
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[info]matociquala wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 04:04 pm (UTC)
I do. It's A-line and stretchy and has spaghetti straps and sparkles.

I bought it for a NYE party in 1996 or so. *g* It would look better on me if I had your build, but we work with what we've got....

Also, it takes a certain amount of chutzpah to walk alone through a strange city wearing a flapper dress and combat boots, I tell you what. *g*
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[info]ckd wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 07:59 pm (UTC)
I'd think it took less chutzpah in a strange city, because it's not likely you'd see any of the onlookers again anyway!
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[info]blackaire wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 07:24 pm (UTC)
I had an awesome time with you, Cherie et al! Hope to see you again before you go back east. :D
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[info]matociquala wrote:
Jun. 29th, 2009 03:27 am (UTC)
Likewise. Too much fun!
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[info]nebula99 wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 08:30 pm (UTC)
Dancing is better as I get older - I'm less worried about what others might think and more interested in just having fun. Of course, the knees might creak a bit the next day, but with the right dancing shoes, us older folk are unstoppable.

Ack - I want to go dancing!
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[info]rikibeth wrote:
Jun. 28th, 2009 08:35 pm (UTC)
It's always better once the DJ catches on that the audience would like Stuff With Lyrics.
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